PRACTICAL APPEAL OF THIS UNION WITH CHRIST

THE GREAT PRACTICAL APPEAL OF THIS TRUTH                         Col. 2:20 - 3:1

              Union in His Death - antidote for legalism        

 Col. 2:20-23 “Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,” “(Touch not; taste not; handle not;”  “Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?”  “Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honor to the satisfying of the flesh.”

             Union in His Resurrection - antidote for worldliness

Col. 3:1 “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.”